State of San AndreasPeace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Requirements

The Regular Basic Course (academy) is the entry-level training requirement for most San Andreas peace officers. The Regular Basic Course curriculum is divided into 20 individual topics, called Learning Domains. The Learning Domains contain the minimum required foundational information for given subjects.

The Regular Basic Course prepares each student by providing hands-on experience, including weapons training, role-play scenarios, patrol procedures, emergency vehicle operations, and arrest and control techniques. The student must pass written, exercise, scenario, and physical abilities tests, to demonstrate readiness for entry into a department's standardized Field Training / Police Training Program. Academies provide requirements in addition to POST's and prospective students should contact the academies directly with any questions related to academy-specific requirements.

LD 1. Laws of Arrest

Peace officers shall be educated on:

The bill of rights;

Common caselaw;

Articulable reasonable suspicion;

Probable cause.

LD 2. Search and Seizure

Peace officers shall be educated on:

The definition of a search, and its requirements;

The definition of a seizure, and its requirements;

The difference between a search and a terry frisk;

Precautions prior to searches/frisks;

Preventaive measures for sexual harassment claims during searches.

LD 3. Radio Policy

Peace officers shall be educated on:

The FCC regulations for radio frequencies;

The correct terminology to use in common scenarios.

LD 4. Use of Force

Peace officers shall be educated on:

The conditions justifying the use of lethal/deadly force;

The conditions justifying the use of less-lethal force;

The less-lethal equipment available and its best-use scenarios;

The use of lethal/deadly force against moving vehicles.

LD 5. Vehicle Pullovers

Peace officers shall be educated on:

Officer safety principles for vehicle stops;

Process for vehicle stops and taking enforcement action;

Officer safety principles for high-risk/felony vehicle stops;

Process for high-risk/felony vehicle stops and the justifying criteria;

Ensuring officers apply medical attention to the full extent of the law and their abilities;

Controlling bleeding wounds;

CPR.

(( LD 9. Out-of-Character Expectations ))

Faction members shall be educated on:

The goal of providing quality police roleplay to the server, rather than policing the server;

Their role is entirely in-character, and shall not be used to enforce server rules;

To maintain roleplay standards regardless of the situation, and instead rely on server administration for rule breakers;

To avoid any play-to-win mentality, and provide a fair/enjoyable atmosphere to all parties involved;

To have a character background that defines the character's traits, goals, and personality, and to continue developing it.

(( The following Learning Domains shall be roleplayed as being taught to your character during the academy process and your character would have in-character knowledge of them, but it cannot be completed in-game due to inapplicability on LS:RP. ))

(( This is based on California's POST, which defines the minimum criteria of the subjects taught by law enforcement academies throughout the State. This is in use by both, the Los Santos Police Department and the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department, in order to ensure that players are qualified from both, an in-character and out-of-character point of view, to become peace officers on the server ))